Chinese Space Program

From what I can tell, the slogan, four stanzas of four words each, is

Scale bravely the high peaks;
First Flight Or Bust*
Build a tower to explore the heavens;
Find a path and break new ground**

It sounds more poetic and rhythmic in Chinese.

*the maiden launch will succeed
**I am told by doubao AI that this is in reference to the pioneering development of the mixed public-private sector model and private sector involvement.
 
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Surprisingly, worse than landspace, despite having done more test flights prior.

Orbital launch was a success and deployed 2 satellites.
Next contenders may be SAST-CACL Long March 12B, CALT-Chinarocket Long March 10B, Deep Blue Aerospace Nebula 1 and Landspace Zhuque 3 Y2, all planned in the 1st half of 2026
 

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I don’t believe there’s been reports as to what the satellites were.
 
https://witter.com/planet4589/status/2006174204253589717
Jonathan McDowell
@planet4589
LAUNCH at 2240 UTC Dec 30 of Shi Jian 29A and 29B by Chang Zheng 7A from Wenchang; likely to geotransfer orbit but not yet confirmed
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http://www.news.cn/20251231/ebbd3c2c62bb41f08318bd9cde50d227/c.html
2025 12/31 07:29:55
来源：新华网
Source: Xinhua News Agency
我国成功发射实践二十九号卫星
Our country Successfully Launches Shijian-29 Satellite
新华社海南文昌12月31日电（李国利、崔婉莹）2025年12月31日6时40分，我国在文昌航天发射场使用长征七号改运载火箭，成功将实践二十九号卫星A星、B星发射升空，卫星顺利进入预定轨道，发射任务取得圆满成功。
Xinhua News Agency, Wenchang, Hainan, December 31 (Li Guoli, Cui Wanying) At 6:40 a.m. on December 31, 2025, my country successfully launched the Shijian-29 A and B satellites into space using a Long March-7A carrier rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site. The satellites successfully entered their predetermined orbits, and the launch mission was a complete success.
实践二十九号卫星主要开展空间目标探测新技术验证试验。
The Shijian-29 satellites mainly conduct verification experiments on new technologies for space target detection.
这次任务是长征系列运载火箭的第623次飞行。
This mission was the 623rd flight of the Long March series carrier rockets.
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Unusual to see the purpose of such satellites publicly announced.
 
Anton Petrov has just put out a video concerning the increased risk of the Kessler Syndrome from the new LEO satellite mega-constellations:


Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the Kessler syndrome and a new unnerving study about megaconstellations
Links:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09643
#satellite #megaconstellation #science
Other links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcf6a1X6T_4
• Space Junk Is Now Landing On People's Home...

• ISS Canadarm Hit by Space Debris - Are We ...

• Insane Amount of Space Debris and The 2009... • Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades Shrunk... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuxXsagVZ_s


0:00 Space trash and Kessler syndrome
1:55 Megaconstellations and 100,000 maneuvers
3:55 Uncontrollable events and CRASH metric - 2.8 days!
6:20 How control could be lost
8:55 CRASH clock and the classical Kessler syndrome
9:50 Anti satellite weapons
10:25 New policies may not be enough
11:20 Conclusions and implications
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The final moment of ZQ-3
something behind the engine part exploded, Tank failure ?
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Are any of the Chinese companies planning on reusing fairings as well as 1st stages? Saw a picture the other day that reminded me SpaceX reuses their fairings as well and it got me wondering.
 
A new reusable rocket, the Long March 12B, completed a static fire test.
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Although it is part of the Long March 12 family, it is quite different from the other two variants: it is reusable, has a larger diameter—expanded from 3.8 meters to 4.37 meters—and is powered by gas-generator cycle kerosene engine.
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Today is a historic yet sorrowful day for China's space exploration—two rocket launches ended in failure. The Long March 3B rocket's launch of the Shijian-32 satellite failed, along with the unsuccessful first flight of the Ceres-2 rocket.
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TwoTribes said:
Today is a historic yet sorrowful day for China's space exploration—two rocket launches ended in failure. The Long March 3B rocket's launch of the Shijian-32 satellite failed, along with the unsuccessful first flight of the Ceres-2 rocket.
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Xinhua confirmation: https://www.news.cn/tech/20260117/b31eef0867f346a0815ca670e4b215f6/c.html
"At 12:08 on January 17, the Ceres-2 private commercial carrier rocket ignited and lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The rocket experienced flight anomalies, resulting in the failure of its maiden flight test mission. The specific cause is currently under further analysis and investigation."
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. At 00:55 on January 17, my country launched the Shijian-32 satellite using a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The rocket experienced an anomaly during flight, resulting in a launch failure. The specific cause is under further investigation.
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https://www.news.cn/tech/20260117/c975ee3f956b47afb4ae4293ef14ac52/c.html
CASC reports that the failure occurred during 3rd stage flight: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Aw669gVzinbY8IxodymMxA
 
iirc SJ-32 still has a chance based on what condition it is in, there was a similar case with LM-3 where the third stage failed to put it into GTO and the satellite had to use its own thruster to raise orbit which saved it at the cost of halving service life.
 

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